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Ardmore, Oklahoma - 6 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Ardmore #385 of 439 districts in Oklahoma (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,112 per pupil, Ardmore ranks #318 of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending (Oklahoma districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,591
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,112
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ardmore operates 6 public schools serving 2,591 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oklahoma. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Carter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,112 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 540 Oklahoma districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oklahoma compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.5% local, 34.4% state, and 21.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 22/100, ranked #385 of 439 in Oklahoma against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 347.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 27.2% White, 27.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ardmore Hs, with a diversity index of 77.8/100.
Its largest campus is Ardmore Hs, enrolling 707 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Ardmore Hs accounts for 27.3% of all Ardmore student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ardmore-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Ardmore school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Ardmore school enrollment ranges from 312 students (lowest) to 707 students (highest), a spread of 395 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ardmore student-counselor ratio is 347:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Ardmore is typically wider than the Ardmore-aggregate figure suggests.
Ardmore chronic absenteeism rate is 37.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.